On Monday 20th June the Oxford Mail reported that a plan to take the bodies of fallen soldiers through a side gate at RAF Brize Norton and not to detour through Carterton town centre had caused controversy among some people. But Deputy county council leader David Robertson said: “We plan to start work on the memorial garden soon.
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The bodies of Craftsman Andrew Found, from the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, and Private Gareth Bellingham, from 3rd Battalion The Mercian Regiment, will be flown to RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire. Craftsman Found, 27, from Whitby, Yorkshire, died in an explosion in the Gereshk Valley area last Thursday, June 16. The father of two had
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This was sent to the editor of the Oxford Mail via our town clerk … Your paper has published a number of letters about the repatriation of the dead. Oxfordshire County Council and Thames Valley Police, in consultation with partner organisations have been working for some time on a proposed route from RAF Brize Norton
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I had the pleasure of hosting the Rt Hon David Cameron yesterday when he visited several locations in Carterton from the opening of the new play area at the Alvescot Road Recreation Ground and the all new Carterton Job Club. Hoping for fine, perhaps even sunny weather would seem to be a reasonable thing to
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OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL (PROHIBITION OF VEHICLES BRIZE NORTON AND CARTERTON) As you will no doubt be aware, Forces Repatriations are being relocated to RAF Brize Norton from 1 September 2011. Below are brief details of the Traffic Regulation Orders being proposed to facilitate the passage of the funeral Cortege, and to prevent danger to traffic
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